Ahh, I remember MSDOS had the old limit. . .
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surfasbOct 12 '11 at 12:20

These limits are derived far more from the filesystem format than from the operating system. It makes more sense to ask about the limits of FAT, NTFS, and so forth than the limits of MS-DOS and Windows NT.
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JdeBPOct 12 '11 at 13:20